UCR SATURDAY NIGHT





Opponent: Southern Utah.

Site: Centrum, Cedar City, Utah, 6:05 p.m.

TV: None.

Radio: KPRO/1570.

Records: UCR 0-5, Southern Utah 2-4.

RPI ranking: UCR No. 293, Southern Utah No. 314.

Southern Utah update: Southern Utah made the NCAA field last season as Mid-Continent Conference champs, but lost its two top scorers, Fred House and Jeff Monaco. Both Thunderbirds victories have been over Division II teams; they lost at Stanford, Idaho State, Oregon State and Sacramento State.

UCR update: Vili Morton got off only one shot against UCLA's Dan Gadzuric and T.J. Cummings; expect him to be more involved offensively tonight. UCR was outrebounded 48-30 by UCLA, after outrebounding its previous three foes.

Southern Utah UC Riverside

Starters Ht. Yr. Pts. Pos. Starters Ht. Yr. Pts.

Dan Beus 6-5 Sr. 13.6 F John Galbreath 6-6 Jr. 6.4

Donnie Jackson 6-5 Jr. 9.2 F Lloyd Cook 6-6 Sr. 7.8

Aaron Miles 6-8 Jr. 7.2 C Vili Morton 6-8 So.10.2

Stan Johnson 6-3 Jr. 5.7 G Ted Bell 6-3 So. 4.5

Jay Collins 6-3 Jr. 12.3 G Kevin Butler 6-3 So. 5.2

Rebounding leaders: Southern Utah -- Beus 6.0, Jackson 5.0. UCR -- Morton 6.8.

Assist leaders: Southern Utah -- Beus 4.0. UCR -- Butler 3.6.

Blocked shot leaders: Southern Utah -- Jackson 1.0. UCR -- Morton 3.4.

 

Published 12/8/2001